Well I had a productive day and managed to clean up and get the ratchet feed working. I also posted on Mad Modder and the suggestion there was to ensure that there was no backlash on the leadscrew. Once I sorted this out the ratchet worked. In hind sight it seems so obvious 
I also made a quick and dirty tool holder and used a broken HSS tap for a cutting tool. I bolted my drill press vise on and threw part of an old aluminium heating block from a smoke machine in. This is pretty gummy aluminium but it sure was nice to see it cutting chips
The ratchet and drive linkage
There were four boring bars that came with the shaper but no other tool holders, so here is the one I made from scrap (bottom right)
I even threw together a video!
I also made a quick and dirty tool holder and used a broken HSS tap for a cutting tool. I bolted my drill press vise on and threw part of an old aluminium heating block from a smoke machine in. This is pretty gummy aluminium but it sure was nice to see it cutting chips
The ratchet and drive linkage
There were four boring bars that came with the shaper but no other tool holders, so here is the one I made from scrap (bottom right)
I even threw together a video!
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